Akemi Negishi
Actress
73 years (Mar 26, 1934 – Mar 11, 2008)Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Akemi Negishi has built a long career as a Japanese actress who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. The filmography runs to some 41 credits between film and television. Of everything on the filmography, 'Lady Snowblood' is the work that traveled the furthest. She also turns up in 'Red Beard'.
Akemi Negishi
Actress
Known for
Akemi Negishi has built a long career as a Japanese actress who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. The filmography runs to some 41 credits between film and television. Of everything on the filmography, 'Lady Snowblood' is the work that traveled the furthest. She also turns up in 'Red Beard'.
41 Movies
Plays Okuni
Red Beard
1965
Plays Ogin Shitateya
Sex and Fury
1973
Plays Chikiro's Mother
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Plays Tajire no Okiku
Lady Snowblood
1973
Plays Osada
Female Yakuza Tale
1973
Plays Mrs. Shimozuma
The Makioka Sisters
1983
Plays Mother of Hirotsugu
Distant Thunder
1981
Plays Good-Looking Housewife
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Plays Yôko Ayukawa
Lady Karuizawa
1982
Plays Katsuko Ogawa
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
1971
Plays Asako Kuribayashi
I Live in Fear
1955
Plays Otsuka
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972
Plays Sumiko
A Wife's Heart
1956
Plays Osen the Prostitute
The Lower Depths
1957
Plays The Mountain Girl
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
Plays Tomi
Play It Cool
1970
Plays Kura
Military Comfort Woman
1974
Plays Yukie
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Plays Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
Snake Woman's Curse
1968
Plays Tami
The Life of Chikuzan
1977
Plays Mariko's Mother
No More Easy Life
1979
Plays Yukiko
The Red Light Military Base
1953
Plays Kimu
Farewell Rabaul
1954
Plays Keiko Kusakabe
Anatahan
1953
Plays Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
Sudden Rain
1956
Plays Yamashita's wife
The Setting Sun
1992
Plays Prison Guard Minamimura
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
1973
Plays Hisako Murata
18 Roughs
1963
Plays Mineko Taguchi
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
1979
Plays Fuji
Shikibu monogatari
1990
Plays Masae Miyakawa
Dangerous Liaisons
1978
Plays Keiko
The Hot Little Girl
1970
Plays Chika
Beast Man Snow Man
1955
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Aoi bara satsujin jiken
Mitsuko Tsuruta
1993
The Setting Sun
Yamashita's wife
1992
Shikibu monogatari
Fuji
1990
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Umeko
1984
The Makioka Sisters
Mrs. Shimozuma
1983
Lady Karuizawa
Yôko Ayukawa
1982
Distant Thunder
Mother of Hirotsugu
1981
No More Easy Life
Mariko's Mother
1979
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
Mineko Taguchi
1979
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Akemi Negishi still alive?
Akemi Negishi passed away on March 11, 2008 at age 73.
What are the most famous roles of Akemi Negishi?
Akemi Negishi is best known for roles in Lady Snowblood, Red Beard, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
How many movies has Akemi Negishi been in?
Over a 55-year career (since 1953), Akemi Negishi has appeared in 41 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Akemi Negishi's first movie?
The career of Akemi Negishi began with Anatahan (1953).
What is Akemi Negishi's most recent movie or series?
Akemi Negishi's most recent release is Aoi bara satsujin jiken, which premiered on June 29, 1993.
Akemi Negishi
1934-03-26 · Tokyo, Japan
Akemi Negishi (根岸明美 Negishi Akemi, b. 26 March 1934, Tokyo, Japan - died 11 March 2008 (73), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese actress.
In 1953, when Josef von Sternberg made a film adaptation of the Queen of Anatahan incident, she was discovered at an audition and made her debut in the lead role in Anatahan. Since then, she has been active mainly in film and television. She gained popularity as an actress with a bewitching charm who "could act as well." Ishirō Honda said that Negishi's unique aura suited his films.
She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.